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During pregnancy, you may worry about discrimination at work. Pregnancy discrimination occurs when employers treat pregnant women or those who are likely to become pregnant unfairly. Even though the Pregnancy Discrimination Act prohibits employers from discriminating...
When a new employer hires you, they may ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). These contracts put limits on the sharing of business information, usually in the hopes of keeping proprietary information and trade secrets under wraps. It is important for...
No matter where you work, you deserve to get paid for the hours you put in or by another fair metric such as an agreed-upon salary. Anytime your employer cheats you out of just compensation you have a right to pursue the lost wages through legal channels. Despite...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines long-term unemployment as actively searching for a job and remaining unemployed for at least 27 weeks. If you have not found a new position after looking for six months, you may wonder whether your age may have influenced...
There are certain laws in place in Texas that protect you if make, or help someone make, a workplace discrimination complaint and your employer takes retaliatory action against you because of it. If he or she does so, you may decide to move forward with filing a...
Under the law, most jobs are part of at-will employment. What this means is that you and your employer have the right to end the job at any time for any reason. So, you can quit whenever you want without having to explain why or your boss can fire you without giving a...
It is always a crime when employers take money from hard-working employees. Of course, they cannot simply reach into wallets and grab cash. They use clever tactics to steal money from honest earners. Maintain awareness of these types of wrongdoing. That way, you can...
Employer retaliation against workers is a real issue that plagues many industries to this day. This often occurs in cases where an employee is a whistleblower, bringing attention to inappropriate conduct on the part of the employer. Fortunately for you, it is possible...
Workers may want to report violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standards for workplace safety, but fear that doing so may cause retaliation against them. OSHA implements standards and regulations for employers across all industries to...
Discrimination of any form is illegal in the workplace. Employers must treat everyone equally. Of course, skills, experience and other job-specific details may place employees on an uneven field, but all things considered, the general rule is your employer cannot make...
